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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Feature: Quarantine by Lisabet Sarai

Quarantine

by Lisabet Sarai

M/M
science fiction erotic romance from Total-E-Bound

Blurb:

When love is forbidden, the whole
world's a prison.

Dylan Moore will do anything for freedom.
Seven years ago, a gay plague spread to heterosexuals, killing millions and
sparking brutal anti-gay riots. The Guardians rounded up men who tested
positive for the homogene and imprisoned them in remote quarantine centres like
desolate Camp Malheur. Since then, Dylan has hacked the camp's security systems
and hoarded spare bits of electronics, seeking some way to escape. He has
concluded the human guards are the only weakness in the facility's defences.

Camp guard Rafe Cowell is H-negative. He
figures the lust he feels watching prisoner 3218 masturbate on the surveillance
cameras must be due to his loneliness and isolation. When he finally meets the
young queer, he discovers that Dylan is brilliant, brave, sexy as hell – and claims to be in love with Rafe. Despite his qualms, Rafe finds
he can't resist the other man's charm. By the time Dylan asks for his help in
escaping, Rafe cares too much for Dylan to refuse.

Dylan's plan goes awry and Rafe comes to
his rescue. Soon they're both fugitives, fleeing from militant survivalists,
murderous androids, homophobic ideologues and a powerful man who wants Dylan as
his sexual toy. Hiding in the Plague-ravaged city of Sanfran, Dylan and Rafe
learn there's far more than their own safety at stake. Can they help prevent
the deaths of millions more people? And can Rafe trust the love of a man who
deliberately seduced him in order to escape from quarantine?

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Excerpt - Setting the Trap

“You’re a horny little perv.” Rafe almost
laughed at Dylan’s unquenchable
eagerness for his body.

“It’s your fault. I don’t know how I
survived before we got together―”

“We’re not ‘together’.” Rafe broke out
of Dylan’s embrace and sat up, his arms around
his knees. “We can’t keep doing this. Someone is going to figure things out before
long.”

“Nobody will
figure it out―”

“Don’t be so cocky. Yeah, I know you’re a genius,
but do you really think you can fool the Guardians forever? One of these days
you’ll make a mistake. I’ll end up in jail, and you… Well, the
penalty for infecting someone with the Plague is death.”

“You’re not infected and you know it.”

“I could be. I
wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and wonder if I’m going to die, just because I couldn’t keep my cock in my pants. What an asshole I am, risking my life
for a fuck!”

“Is that really
all I am to you?” Dylan’s customary expression of brash self-confidence melted into a pained
frown. “Because you’re much more than that to me…”

Rafe heard the sob Dylan tried to suppress.
Guilt tore a hole in his chest. He rose and began pacing barefoot across the
concrete warehouse floor. “No,” he murmured finally, coming to a halt in front of Dylan. “That’s the worst of
it. I care what happens to you―a fucking
little fag who’s going to
spend the rest of his life locked away for the good of society.”

“If you really
care…” Dylan scooted over and sat on the
edge of the pile of bags, his shapely legs dangling. “It doesn’t have to be
that way.”

“What? What way?”

“Help me, Rafe.
Help me get out of this place.”

Rafe snorted. “Get out? Are you crazy? No one can get out of here!”

“I can,” said Dylan, with a hint of a smile. “With your assistance, that is. I have a plan.”

“It would be
suicide for me.” Rafe crossed
his arms over his chest and scowled at the ginger-haired young man. The boy’s eyes were full of hope. “They’d lock me up and throw away the key.”

“No―I’ve got it all
figured out. You won’t be blamed.
And once I’m free, I’ll wait for you, Rafe.” Dylan’s face glowed.

“I’m stuck in this shit hole for another six months.” Rafe’s tone was
harsh, but he couldn’t quench the
flicker of excitement kindled by Dylan’s words.

“Six months is
nothing compared to seven years. Once I make it to the city, I can disappear.
When you arrive, we’ll find a way
to be together. I believe we can make it, baby. You just need to believe it
too.” Dylan reached out and pulled Rafe
closer. He laid his head on Rafe’s chest. His
fine hair tickled the guard’s naked skin.

Rafe buried his face in the nest of auburn
waves, inhaling deeply. Dylan’s distinctive
scent mingled with the yeasty odour of flour. The ache under his breastbone
swelled to the point where it was hardly bearable. God, how he wanted this
brave, brilliant guy, who was ready to risk everything for freedom! “How can you believe in anything, after what they’ve done to you?” he murmured
finally, raising Dylan’s eyes to his.

Like what you've read? Want to win some
prizes? Join the Quarantine Blog Tour!

To
celebrate the release of Quarantine,
Lisabet is running a blog tour from the 10th through the 20th of July. She'll have a different excerpt at
each stop. You can find the full schedule for the tour in her July newsletter: http://www.lisabetsarai.com/news.html

She
is giving away an ebook to one commenter
at each stop on the tour. She'll also be choosing one commenter from the
entire tour to win the grand prize – a $50 All
Romance Ebooks gift certificate. All comments at her own blog Beyond Romance (http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com)
during the tour will also go into the drawing for the gift certificate.

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About Lisabet

More
than a decade ago, Lisabet Sarai experienced a serendipitous fusion of her love
of writing and her fascination with sex. Since then she has published four
single author short story collections and seven erotic novels, including the
BDSM classic Raw Silk. Dozens of her
shorter works have been released as ebooks and in print anthologies. She has
also edited several acclaimed anthologies and is currently responsible for the
altruistic erotica series COMING TOGETHER PRESENTS.

Lisabet
holds more degrees than anyone needs from prestigious universities who would no
doubt be embarrassed by her chosen genre. She loves to travel and currently
lives in Southeast Asia with her highly tolerant husband and two cosmopolitan
felines. For more information on Lisabet and her writing visit Lisabet Sarai's
Fantasy Factory (http://www.lisabetsarai.com) or her blog Beyond Romance
(http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com).